1936 -- Jay Berwanger, University of Chicago halfback and Heisman Trophy winner, is the first player ever selected in the NFL draft. The Philadelphia Eagles make the pick and eventually trade his rights to the Chicago Bears.

1950 -- Man o' War is selected the greatest horse of the half century by The Associated Press. Man o' War, as a 2- and 3-year-old, is a winner in 20 of 21 races and holds five track records.

1962 -- Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors scores 59 points in a 136-120 victory over the New York Knicks and beats his own single-season scoring record of 3,033 by six points.

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1964 -- Billy Kidd and James Heuga win the first men's Olympic Alpine skiing medals for the United States with a silver and bronze in the slalom.

1975 -- The New Orleans Jazz get their first road win in franchise history, ending a 28-game road losing streak. The Jazz beat the Hawks in Atlanta 106-102 to improve their record to 7-44.

1987 -- Nancy Lopez assures herself a spot in the LPGA Hall of Fame by winning the $200,000 Sarasota Classic. The victory is Lopez's 35th, which automatically qualifies her.

1987 -- Seattle's Tom Chambers, a last-minute replacement for the injured Ralph Sampson, scores a game-high 34 points to lead the West to a 154-149 overtime win over the East in the NBA All-Star Game before 34,275 at the Kingdome.

1997 -- Scotty Bowman becomes the first NHL coach to win 1,000 games as Detroit beats Pittsburgh 6-5 on Brendan Shanahan's overtime goal. Bowman, the coach of six Stanley Cup champion teams, is 1,000-452-255 in regular-season games and 162-101 in the playoffs.

2003 -- Mario Lemieux becomes the 10th player in NHL history to reach 1,000 career assists. He has four in Pittsburgh' 5-2 victory in Boston.

2007 -- Colorado's Karlis Skrastins breaks Tim Horton's NHL record for durability by a defenseman when he plays in his 487th consecutive regular-season game.